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Princess Beatrice reveals the “most terrifying moment” in her life

<p dir="ltr">Princess Beatrice has shared the “most terrifying moment” that she encountered at work. </p> <p dir="ltr">The 35-year-old royal has been open about her struggles with dyslexia, and has opened up on a podcast about a major challenge she faced at work. </p> <p>"I was anecdotally talking about how difficult it was at work," Beatrice, who works for US-based technology firm Afiniti, told podcast host Kate Griggs. </p> <p>"Sometimes you get handed a whiteboard pen and you've got to do the group think again and collaborate and off you go to the whiteboard."</p> <p dir="ltr">"And I was thinking that's the most terrifying moment for me in my life, and please don't ever make me do it. I'll do a speech tomorrow but don't give me a pen and a whiteboard."</p> <p dir="ltr">Beatrice also shared the difficulties she faced as a child, and having to go through school before being formally diagnosed with dyslexia. </p> <p dir="ltr">"The early days of school really, really stand out as to those moments where you just don't fit in and you can't figure out what it is about you," the royal said candidly.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I remember trying to do extra lessons with teachers and just sort of blankly staring up at her face, and she was like, 'why are you looking at me? The words are not on my face' [and] I said 'well, they're not on the page either'."</p> <p dir="ltr">"So the early days, in and around that understanding that my brain worked slightly differently, I remember them being a real challenge."</p> <p dir="ltr">Princess Beatrice became emotional when talking about the teachers who helped her during her schooling career, saying she "probably wouldn't be the person I am today if they hadn't been there in my life".</p> <p dir="ltr">The princess also paid tribute to her mum, Sarah Ferguson, for championing her to find a new way to do things.</p> <p dir="ltr">"My family and I are incredibly close, so I would say that all throughout our lives, we've been able to go through everything with humour and with joy and my mum really instilled that," Beatrice said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Princess Beatrice opens up about serious affliction

<p>Princess Beatrice has opened up about her battle with dyslexia, as well as sharing the moment she realised she had the condition.</p> <p>While attending the World Dyslexia Assembly in Stockholm, Beatrice was joined by Swedish royals Prince Carl Philip and his wife, Princess Sofia.</p> <p>Prince Carl also suffers from dyslexia, and is working with his wife to help break the stigma of the affliction. </p> <p>They shared a photo of their meeting with the British royals with the caption, "A special thank you to Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, a longtime activist for dyslexic minds, and to her husband Edoardo for joining us".</p> <p>Princess Beatrice's husband Edoardo, too, has dyslexia.</p> <p>Speaking at the event, Beatrice said, "I began my dyslexia journey at age seven when, probably like many in this room, the words on the page began dancing off things in the room."</p> <p>"I was lucky enough to be supported by the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre and what I've learnt about my discovery about my dyslexia is that I was incredibly lucky to have the types of teachers and specialist support that the centre really did offer."</p> <p>"One of the most important things that we need to do is to take that particular learning and make sure that every teacher has an opportunity to understand what is possible."</p> <p>"Teachers are our first line of defence for every child."</p> <p>Beatrice said while her "spelling is appalling" and home-schooling her stepson Wolfie during the coronavirus pandemic was "not her forte", she sees her dyslexia as an asset.</p> <p>"It was always about moving forward, it was always about what you could do. Never about what you can't."</p> <p>Attending the event was Princess Beatrice's first official engagement since giving birth to her daughter Sienna in October. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram @prinsparet</em></p>

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Princess Beatrice opens up about troubled childhood: “They were so far ahead”

<p>Princess Beatrice has everything to look forward to, but she has touched upon her childhood days in a heartfelt clip for charity.</p> <p>The royal opened up about her own “challenges” with dyslexia while studying in school in a new interview, where she admitted what she would want to tell her younger self.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQr0Q-HkiB/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQr0Q-HkiB/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Royal Families_Turkey (@royal_families_turkey)</a> on May 16, 2020 at 12:36pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I was very lucky, I got to go to a school that was very nurturing and supporting [but] I would describe the actual day-to-day learning side of things — very challenging,” the 31-year-old said.</p> <p>Princess Beatrice who is the Patron for Made By Dyslexia spoke on an experience she had as a child: "We had different coloured books to describe where your reading levels had got to, and I was always on the white books and my best friends were always on the yellow books or the green books, they were so far ahead.</p> <p>"And I think at that stage, those moments of doubt just pop into your head: 'I'm not good enough, I'm not smart enough, why am I not like the others?' I think when you're in the classroom those moments are very defining," she admits.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAp3u5fHjp8/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAp3u5fHjp8/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The British Royal Family (@the_mountbatten_windsors)</a> on May 26, 2020 at 7:23am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Princess Beatrice continued on by admitting she would tell her younger self to take challenging experiences as “lessons.”</p> <p>"I think if I were to say to my younger self 'do not be defined by those moments that happened to you in that exam or that classroom, because they are life-long learnings'. They are lessons you carry with you and they build you up to be who you are."</p> <p>The royal finished the clip with an emotional sentiment: "It is not something that is wrong with you.</p> <p>"It's a great part of how your brain works and everybody's brain works incredibly differently. There is nothing wrong, there is just everything that is so right."</p> <p> </p>

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